NOTABLE INJURIES: MIKE MINOR on the DL and may be back as early as June.

PROJECTION IN NL WEST: 4TH in NL East, Projected Wins 75

MVP: FREDDY FREEMAN

POTENTIAL ROOKIE IMPACT: Top prospects JOSE PERAZA and MATT WISLER (acquired in the CRAIG KIMBRELL trade on 4/5/15) are not expected to be on the big league roster in 2015.

COMMENTS: Rookie Righty SHAE SIMMONS had Tommy John surgery in February and will miss the entire 2015 season. CARLOS QUENTIN mght be cut from the roster as he was traded from the PADRES in a salary dump exchange for BJ UPTON.